The Things A Friend Will Do

Have you ever had a friend that you just can’t be separated from? They are the center of your world, and without them you are almost nothing? Everyone day you look up to because they always do the best thing in your eyes; always protect you, and they are just always there? Everyone has had a friend like this, but what happens when this friend is suddenly gone. It’s almost enough to uproot your entire world, and possibly enough to make you slide down into loner state, because you best friend is gone, and you must have left with them.

                This is what happens to Cara Lange in Elizabeth Woods’s novel, Choker. Her best friend Zoe and she were against the world together, until Cara moved away. Then her world falls apart. She is out casted by people and she seems to prefer it that way. She eats lunch with the girls track team, but sometimes with a few people. She has ‘enemies’ that tease her after an embarrassing incident in the café creating the nickname, choker.

                The only thing she likes about school is the beautiful Ethan Gray. He is always unavailable, and pretty popular because of it. Now he is dating one of Cara’s worst enemies, and creator of the horrid nickname, Alexis. He’s never been mean to Cara, but is doesn’t seem like he’s friends with her either. She watches him in the café from a distance and eats silently with her team. Speaking of the team, that is the only thing that Cara likes besides Ethan, otherwise, school is all horrible for her.

                This all changes though, when Zoe shows up unexpectedly in Cara’s life. She tells Cara that she is having trouble at home, but doesn’t specify what exactly, and that she needs a place to stay. Cara says yes of curse, happy to have her best friend back. But she isn’t the same Zoe that Cara used to know, she has different hair and clothes and a new personality with confidence. Cara doesn’t think about it because those are things that can happen to anyone in an absence.

                Bad things start happening, though.  A girl, that teases Cara, ends up dead. Zoe starts acting strange and extremely protective of Cara, but that’s how a friend is supposed to be, right? In a crazy ending, Cara realizes that her friend is not who she thought she was. Her best friend ends up to be a threat to everyone around Cara, and even the people that she loves. Can she end the toxic relationship before it’s too late?

RED’S ALL STAR REVIEW: 4 out of 5 stars. This book has a The Roommate- esque feel to it, how far a friend will go to ‘protect’ the other. It also has a bit of a pretty Little Liars end to it, with all of the drama and confessions. It was extremely good and I recommend it.

MASS APPEAL: Any girl, definitely. But, also, anyone who has had a toxic friendship, or has been bullied, or has had a friend try to protect them and ended with consequences, this is a book for you.

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